Ninny

//ˈnɪni//

Synonyms for "ninny" (255 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Strong matches (77)

Related words (127)

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Translations

16 translations across 7 languages.

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Finnish

2 entries
  • nynny noun (a silly or foolish person)
  • nysverö noun (a silly or foolish person)

German

2 entries
  • Dummkopf noun (a silly or foolish person)
  • Idiot noun (a silly or foolish person)

Greek

1 entries
  • κουτορνίθι noun (a silly or foolish person)

Latin

1 entries
  • mastrūca noun (a silly or foolish person)

Romanian

4 entries
  • gogoman noun (a silly or foolish person)
  • găgăuță noun (a silly or foolish person)
  • idiot noun (a silly or foolish person)
  • neghiob noun (a silly or foolish person)

Russian

1 entries
  • ню́ня noun (a silly or foolish person)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dumbom noun (a silly or foolish person)
  • jöns noun (a silly or foolish person)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Did you just call me a ninny?

Source: tatoeba (11503248)

Byd. […] a good cheeke, an inticing eye, a smooth skinne, a well shapt leg, a faire hand, you cannot bring a wench into a fooles parradize for you? Sim. Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call you her? how call you her?

Source: wiktionary

Caliban: What a py'de Ninnie's this? Thou ſcvrvy patch: […]

Source: wiktionary

"Nob, you woolly-pated ninny!" [Butterbur] cried. "Can't you give old friends their names?

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.